Tobacco pipe



Nov. 14, 1939. V J WALTON 2,179,533

' TOBACCO PIPE Original Filed April 24, 1937 (IQMeJ -WWZZOQINVENTORATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 14, 1939 FfihTENT FtlQE Application April 24,1937, Serial No. 138,857

Renewed February 10, 1939 2 Claims.

This invention relates to tobacco pipes, and its general object is toprovide a pipe that cannot become choked by tight loading, nor cloggedby drifting tobacco crumbs and the like, therefore the passages thereofare retained open for the free passage of air and smoke therethrough,and tobacco in my pipe cannot become soggy or wet by saliva orcondensation, and the smoke is caused to travel in a sinuous path to beproperly cooled. before reaching the mouth of the user,

with the result my pipe provides utmost enjoyment for the smoker and themeans to accomthe foregoing advantageous features are detachable tofacilitate cleaning, but frequent cleaning is not necessary.

A further object is to provide a pipe of the character set forth, thatis simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assembleand extremely efiicient in use and service.

90 This invention also consists in certain other features ofconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the severalparts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in 25 the appendedclaims.

describing the invention in detail, reference will e hid to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a fragmentary vertical sectional View taken through the pipewhich forms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure1, looking in the 35 direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the smoke receiving and coolingelement.

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken approximately on line l-tl of Figure1.

aw Referring to the dr wing in detail, the reference numeral l indicatesthe stern of my pipe, that is provided with a smoke passage 2 and towhich is secured the mouth piece 3, in any suitable manner.

5 The stem 5 has formed thereon and rising therefrom the base section 4of the bowl of my pipe, which includes a body section 5, frictionallysecured to the base section and for that purpose the meeting portions ofthe sections include 50 overlapping flanges 6 and shoulders I, the innershoulder of the base section providing a seat for an aper't-ured disk 8which is held thereon by the corresponding shoulder of the body section.It is obvious from. Figures 1 and 2 that the disk 8 pro- 55 vides a gridfor supporting the tobacco within the bowl, a considerable distanceabove the bot-- tom of the bore thereof.

The bottom. of the bore, is of course disposed in the base section andit is shown as being curved upwardly toward its center in substantiallyconical formation and set in the center of the bottom is a collar Flthat registers with an opening it} which communicates with the smokepassage as clearly hown in Figure 1.

The important feature of my pipe lies in the 10 smoke receiving andcooling element, which in cludes a tube M which may be threaded in thecollar :3 but in any event is supported thereby and rises therefrom andhas formed on or otherwise secured to the upper end thereof the upper 15wall 52 of a substantially fiat cylindrical housing 53, di posed withinthe bore with its upper wall slightly spaced from the grid 8, and itsvertical wall spaced from the corresponding wall of the bore. The lowerwall M of the housing is of substantially conical formation and risesupwardly from about the lower edge of the vertical wall with an openingcentrally arranged therein rat has its edges spaced from the tubeconcentrically with respect thereto, and the tube has formed therewithand downwardly and outwardly flared therefrom a substantially conicalbaffle plate it that is inclined to the same degree as the lower wall itand spaced with respect thereto. lhe tube is provided with openings l6,disposed between the baffle plate l5 and the upper wall it, fordisposing the bore of the tube in communication with the chamber 5!provided by the housmg.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will beobvious that in the use of my pipe, the tobacco is packed within thebowl in the usual manner, and against the grid 8, which spaces thetobacco from the bottom of the bowl and provides a chamber within whichis mounted the cooling element. When the smoke is drawn through theopenings of the grid, it will contact the upper wall of the housing, andbe directed therefrom through the space between the housing and bore,thence upwardly by the lower wall i l for passage through the openingthereof, as shown by the arrows in Figure 1. From the opening of thelower wall, the smoke is directed about the baffle plate 15, thencethrough the openings it and downwardly through the tube, to the smokepassage 2, consequently it will be seen that the smoke will be cooledbefore reaching the passage 2, and as it does not have to pass throughsoggy or wet tobacco, it is retained sweet and cool when it reaches themouth of the user.

It will be further obvious that due to the fact that the body section ofthe bowl is frictionally mounted, it can be rotated, and that featurewill prevent the bowl from becoming irregularly charred from lighting.Again, the body section can be readily removed from the base section,and such allows for the removal of the grid, as Well as the smokereceiving and cooling element, to facilitate cleaning thereof, as willbe apparent.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A tobacco pipe comprising a bowl, a stem and a mouth piece, a grid inthe bowl and spaced from the bottom of the bore thereof to provide achamber, smoke receiving and cooling means within the chamber andincluding a housing, a conical lower wall for the housing and having aninlet opening centrally arranged therein, a flat upper wall spaced fromthe grid, a tube depending from the upper wall and through the inletopening for supporting the housing above the bottom of the bore andcommunicating with the passage of the stem, a conical bafile plateformed on the tube and downwardly inclined therefrom for disposal inspaced relation to the bottom wall for cooperation therewith to providea sinuous smoke passage and said tube having inlet openings between thebaffle plate and upper wall.

2. A tobacco pipe comprising a bowl, a stem and a mouth piece, said bowlincluding a base section and a body section, the latter being rotatablymounted on the base section and removable therefrom, a grid in the bowland secured thereto by the connecting means of the sections, said gridbeing spaced from the bottom of the bore of the bowl to provide achamber, smoke receiving and cooling means within the chamber andincluding a housing, a fiat upper wall for the housing, a conical lowerwall therefor and having an inlet opening arranged centrally therein, atube depending from the upper wall and removably mounted in the bottomof the bore, for supporting the housing above the bottom with the upperwall in spaced relation with respect to the grid, said tubecommunicating with the passage of the stem and having inlet openings inthe upper end thereof, and bafiie means within the housing below theinlet openings and cooperating with the lower Wall to provide a sinuoussmoke passage. JAMES F. WALTON.

